Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-04-19
FOREIGN.
Discussion Oh the Parnell
Letter.
DID HE WRITE IT.?
Egan Denies 1t Most Positively
London Excited Over the
Alleged Epistle.
Associated Press Dispatches to the HERALr

AssoClateu fTess DlspatcneS 10 the HERALD,
LONDON, April lS.-In the House OF
Commons this afternoon, Sexton, in
speaking on the suspension of Healy,
said that if Major Sanderson would
withdraw his offensive charges. to which
Healy's language was in reply, that
Healy would withdraw the expressions
deemed offensive by the House. He
then moved that Healy be heard at the
bar of the House. The Speaker declared
it could not be done. Sexton then asked
Major Sanderson to withdraw his asser-
tions. Sanderson remaining silent Glad.
stone put to him q direct question
whether he was prepared to render tie
house any assistance by the withdrawal
of his offensive expressions. (Conserva-
tives cries Of no; no; don't do IT'D Sander
son said he never alluded to Healy di-
rectly OF indirectly, because he felt in
regards to Healy that he was unable to
substantiate the charges so as to bring
conviction to the minds of the members
of the House (Cries, Hear! HearD The
matter was then dropped. Subsequently
Sexton. resuming the debate on
the Irish Crimes Act Amendment,
Bill, said Sanderson charged him with
direct completely in the crime. If
the accusation were we'll founded
why did the Irish approve of his present
appointme mt as high Sheriff to Dublin.
Referring to the bill under consideration,
Sexton said, the measure was the gross.
est kind of an attempt at violation of
the moral law; that the bill aimed to
sweep away at one fell swoop all the
cherished rights of the people.
Harrington proceeded in depreciation
of prolonged discussion of the bill.
The liberals who opposed coercion ex.
cused themselves on the ground now
that the home rulers must oppose coero-
ion. But with no reason for q country
which unmistakably pronounced against
home.rule at the last election; It was
enough for parliament to be convinced
the law did not prevail in Ireland, that
the league law superseded ordinary
laws, andit is certain that the government
would succeed in restoring the
authority of the law. 1t is impossible
that the government of a
great country should be permanently
paralyzed by the Vaccinations of secret
societies. (cheers).
Gladstone, upon rising, was
loudly cheered. He said if the
bill passed, that political subscriptions
from America, which some of the speak.
ers condemned, would, likely, increase
not the Irish subscriptions alone, but
those humane contributions which were
rejecting such splendid light upon
America He and his supporters had
been charged With consistency for
proposing coercion in former time and
opposing it now. He might admit feel.
ing shame over the failure of coercion,
but he did not refuse the lessons
in experience (cheers). He believed,
and SO, seemingly, did Conservatives of
1855, that though coercion in 1882 re.
duced the amount of crime, it made the
Irish people more determined than ever
to combine. Finding no permanent re-
suit from that course, the Liberals look.
ed to some other. The mandate given at
the last election was to govern Ireland
without coercion. When the Liberals
passed the Coercion bill they passed re-.
medal proposals for reality, or impos.
ture. [Cheers.] He would withdraw
that expression and say, illusion.
[Laughter.l Did the government intend
to stand or fall by their relief bill? Be.
fore they went to division he hoped and
expected they would give clear, un.
mistakable. and unequivocal answer to
that question. Gladstone complained
that the government had withheld from
Parliament information regarding the
state of crime in Ireland, of which there
had been no sufficient increase to justify
the bill. The only increase was IN the
menacing letters. Were they outrages:
Ia voice, "yes.') Then he had been
subject to hundreds of outrages (laugh.
teri, but they were always perpetrated
by what was known as "the loyal law
abiding party of Ireland" (Parnellite
cheers). They proceeded from the most
pious persons in the Kingdom, mostly
at the time of the disestablisbment
of the Irish church Qaughter). Pro-
ceeding on to deal with the bill,
Gladstone contended that the clauses
embodying White Bay Acts ought to be
set out in full, since the bill was to sup
press any combination to secure the re-.
duction of rents. He repelled and re.
pudiated the allegation that this was the
Crimes bill. 1t was not intended to
suppress existent crimes known TO law,
but was bill to make things crimes that
never were crimes. Conspiracy was al.
ready punishable crime, therefore the
introduction of the conspiracy clause in
the present bill might fairly be called
nonsense. A tenant refusing to pay
rent had the prospect held out to him
of obtaining reduction.
In conclusion speaking from expert.
ence he should say that what failed in
the past fifty years in Ireland was- not
Coercion but remedial legislation, and
much as he desired equal treatment for
England and Ireland he felt it useless
to attempt to build up system Of
equality on the shifting sands Of Irish
lawlessness (cheers.)
Parnell followed and said that Bal.
our with characteristic unfairness re-
fused to hear him at time when his
words would have reached to the outside
world in ten minutes. He craved to
refer to the vile, barefaced forgery
CHEERS from Irish members) printed in
the Times, obviously for no other pur'
pose than to influence a division.
He thought that he was entitled
to have an opportunity to express this
deliberate attempt to blacken his char
acter in time to reach the outside world
There was no chance now. In addition
to passing this coercion act the dice haG
been loaded. The great organs OF pub
lie opinion were to be permitted to pay
miserable creatures to produce articles
against him.
A Meeting Of Conservative.